They're a native Ferne that grows along the river shores once the rivers go down when the snow melts in the Spring usually in May, I love them we pick them when they're young, wash them, break the ends off, Blanche them for three minutes, rinse them in cold water, lay them out to dry then freeze them and enjoy in the winter months with butter and vinegar if you like and smoking isn't an issue because I don't do that anymore, yay for all of us Exers and yay for the fiddleheads.

They are really green in color before blanching them, here's my hubby snapping the ends off before blanching. The above picture is after I blanched them, once there cooled I'll put them in freezer bags.